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Christchurch techno producer - Junus Orca goes deep with his new single “General Movement”

Employing a variety of aliases and a mix of styles, Christchurch DJ and producer Junus Orca had already burrowed partway into the electronic scene of New Zealand before making the shift to his new moniker and to a darker avenue of electronica and techno.

His debut as an artist in 2018 was followed a collection of singles, each with an industrial tone of distortion and heavy techno bass. That almost oppressive vibe carried over to his 2020 debut EP, ‘One Arm Pack’. Here the essential bass core of tracks was surrounded by harsh samples of electronic scrapes and whirs to form an atmosphere that looks on from its position in the stereo space.

As the night time industrial samples edge around the driving bass, the music of Junus Orca seems to encircle the listener with just as much echoed malice. His more recent release takes a slightly different approach compared with his more atmospheric debut EP however, bringing the same intense, disruptive presence to a more club suited single. ‘General Movement’ houses a rhythm focused kick drum to maintain energy and when it does bring in experimental elements of synthesiser and reverb, it does so in way that allows a dance floor pulse to prevail.

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Kuvallini grew up between the factories and gates, on the frozen tundra of Siberia. He spent years travelling through places, reflecting on his own wandering path in life. These experiences have been boiled down into his own tunes which contain a neoclassical vibe, oscillating noise and swinging broken beats.

His new track ‘Exaltation’ happened from spontaneous improvisation with a piano and an old-fashioned Russian synthesizer called the ‘Lyra’ which mainly oscillates unpredictable noise and rhythm patterns. Everything was then processed through a vintage analog stereo spring reverb, the Korg GR-1.

As Kuvallini explains: “most of the pads were recorded in reverse and added to the compressed piano with full wet reverb. The sweeping noise is just from a pedal called ‘Drone Thing’ by Electro-Faustus, which then went through a Vox wah controlled by my foot.”

Giving ‘Exaltation’ a closer listen and a bit of patience leads to great rewards for the listener. At just over 8 minutes long the track really finds it’s stride after a few minutes in and unfolds into a moody atmosphere of film noir and dark brooding drones. Off kilter percussion gives the track a slightly dizzying feel as layers of noise encircle the cloud of sound.

Hear more deep and desolate drone from Kuvallini on the following platforms:
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